Necktie-holder.



W. A. DANIEL.

NECKTIE HOLDER. APPLICATION man mme. 1911.

WILLIAM A. DANIEL, 0F CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

NECKTIE-HOLDER.

Leashes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2t', IFF?.

Application filed January 26, 1917. Serial No. 144,694t.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Necktie-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie holders, one of its objects being to provide a simple, compact and inexpensive device which can be applied readily to a fourin-hand tie, will not be visible while in use, and will hold the tie securely in position on the collar button.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made Within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a collar and necktie and showing, in dotted lines, the position of the fastener.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the fastener.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference l designates a yoke or loop 'which is inverted while in use and merges into outwardly and upwardly curved arms 2 which cross as at 3 and are extended normally along parallel lines to form fingers 4. Each finger is offset near its free end to provide a shoulder 5 and from each shoulder extends the pointed terminal of the finger forming a prong 6. The entire device is formed in a single piece of spring wire which will flex readily.

In using the fastener, the prongs 6 are inserted upwardly into the upper portion of the four-in-hand tie T at the back thereof so that the fingers 4 and the arms 2 will lie close to the back of the tie. The tie is then forced up under the iiaps of the collar C and the rounded lower ends 7 of the fastener are pushed upwardly thus to cause the fastener to Hex where the arms cross and to allow the yoke l to be pressed upwardly over the head of the button B. When the fastener is released it will spring downwardly so that the yoke l will become firmly seated on the shank of the button and back of the head, thereby holding the tie securely in position, the upper portion of the tie being held to the collar by the outer fiaps of the collar.

It will be noted that the device is very simple in construction, can be easily applied to the tie and to the collar button, and is advantageous because of the fact that it is invisible while in use, there being no portions extending beyond the margin of the tie. The prongs 6 also serve to hold the upper portion of theV tie together.

vWhat is claimed is l. A necktie fastener formed in a single length of spring wire bent to form an inverted yoke or loop merging at its ends into outwardly and upwardly curved arms which are crossed, the upper portions of the arms being extended to form fingers, the up er end portions of the fingers being offset orwardly to provide shoulders and the terminals of the lingers being pointed to constitute prongs extending from said shoulders.

2. A necktie fastener formed in a single length of spring wire bent to form an in* verted yoke or loop merging at its ends into outwardly and upwardly curved arms which are crossed, the upper portions of the arms being extended to form fingers, the upper end portions of the fingers being o'set forwardly to provide shoulders and the terminals of the lingers being pointed to constitute prongs extending from said shoulders, said fastener being compressible in the direction of its length.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. DANIEL.

Witnesses:

DONALD G. Vnnnnann, C. C. SANDERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gominiasioner of Patents, Washington, n. t. 

